A man dressed in black and in glasses stand towards the centre of the frame. He points to a series of drawings hung on a string across the wall beside him. A group of spectators gathers around him.

Teacher Programmes

Details

Type: Talk, Tour, Workshop

Language: Multiple

Audience: Educators

Programme

Ongoing

Teacher Programmes

Who are our teachers? They are individuals who are committed to and have a strong willingness to learn. Museums should provide resources for those who are eager to learn and, at the same time, serve as a platform for everyone to exchange knowledge and perspectives. This exchange allows us to connect and inspire each other in our lifelong journeys of learning.

M+ Teacher Programmes bring forth thematic tours on the M+ Collection, briefing sessions on our special exhibitions, and school-wide professional development workshops. Emphasising diverse learning experiences in visual culture, the programmes encourage teachers to venture outside their campuses and into new surroundings. They can experiment with learning in a museum setting where minds and ideas collide.

The programmes are open to school principals and teachers and previous experience in artistic practices is not required. More details will be available later via this page.

A man in pink holds up an ensemble of white plastic rods. A small group of spectators stands around him. — Photo: Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voice. M+, Hong Kong

Teacher Professional Development Workshops

Programme Overview and Application Method

Theme One: The Multi-perspective Thinker and Learner

There is often more than one answer to a question in life. The museum is an open environment where different perspectives and mindsets coincide, and everyone can freely engage in different ideas in their own ways. Our sparks of creativity make the museum more than a place to collect and exhibit works of art.

This programme follows the theme of multi-perspective thinking. It consists of the Creative Interpretation Tour and the Monoprint Workshop. Participants will join museum educators and local artists to think unconventionally and beyond the norm. They will reflect on their perceptions and feelings and be ready for new experiences that lie ahead.

As a lead-in to the activities, a writing session will guide participants to instinctively write down their thoughts after viewing an object from the M+ Collection. The responses will be added to a range of interpretation, turning them into material for future museum tours. In the next activity, M+ Educators will invite participants to take an arts quiz, which will suggest an M+ Collection object from for the participant to visit. A customised exhibition guide will be available, with which participants can explore the M+ Collection from a new perspective. Participants may also visit The Cabinet, a space consisting of forty movable panels, with M+ Educators to share their thoughts on the collection through an interactive digital game. After the activities, local illustrator and artist Kinchoi Lam will invite participants to his Monoprint Workshop, where they will make their own prints using simple tools.

Learning and exploration extends beyond the traditional gallery experience. This programme prompts teachers to ponder questions to which there are no standard answers.

The participants’ willingness to learn helps enrich the museum’s collection and curatorial expertise. Their exchange with museum educators and artists brings forth deeper questions—what can we learn at the museum apart from what it intends to teach us? We believe that if we are willing to ask questions and respond without drawing on existing knowledge both inside and outside the museum, it will foster multi-perspective thinking throughout our learning community.

About the Artist

Kinchoi Lam is a Hong Kong artist and picture book maker, his works combine traditional printmaking and digital collage. Through his observation and imagination, Lam brings everyone to travel around the world and explore different cultures and stories in life. With his first picture book, 'Little big tram', he won the First Prize in the Creative Writing in Chinese Award in 2016, and also the Hong Kong Publishing Biennial Award in 2019. His other illustration works have won various local and oversea awards, and have been included in exhibitions.

A group of teachers sit in a circle on the floor. They each hold up a small booklet. A glowing lamp in the shape of a book sits in the centre of the circle.

Participating teachers select a card based on their preferred colour to explore the relationships between their personalities and selected works from the M+ Collections. Photo: M+, Hong Kong

A group of teachers sit on the ground against a wall made of wooden panels.

Participating teachers express their thoughts and feelings about an artwork or design object from the M+ Collections with automatic writing, a creative way to track our thoughts with text. Photo: M+, Hong Kong

A man holds up a booklet against a wall filled with monochrome photographs.

Participating teachers draw connections between the works from the M+ Collections and their living experiences inside the galleries to deepen their understanding on the creative practices of artists and designers. Photo: M+, Hong Kong

A group of teachers visit a gallery. They are standing around a panel of artworks and a digital screen.

Participating teachers visit The Cabinet to participate in a digital interactive experience. By comparing images and text, they find inspirations, connections, and surprises from this creative, interpretative game. Photo: M+, Hong Kong

A group of teachers sit on the ground as they observe a screen playing a presentation.

After a visit in the galleries, M+ Educators and participating teachers find similarities between the works from the M+ Collections and their teaching and learning experiences. Photo: M+, Hong Kong

An artist stands in the centre-right of the frame. He is holding a colourful drawing in his right arm.

A local artist introduces participating teachers to creative ideas to expand their imagination on teaching. The printmaking activity during this school year is co-designed by Hong Kong artist Lam Kin Choi and M+ Educator. Photo: M+, Hong Kong